1981 in philosophy
# 1981 in philosophy

1981 in philosophy

## Events

* Gadamer–Derrida debate

## Publications

* Peter Singer, The Expanding Circle (1981)
* Alasdair MacIntyre, After Virtue (1981)
* Robert Nozick, Philosophical Explanations (1981)
* Jürgen Habermas, The Theory of Communicative Action (1981)
* Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation (1981)

## Deaths

* January 5
   * Lanza del Vasto, Italian-born philosopher, poet and activist (b. 1901)
   * Frederick Osborn (born 1889)
* February 1 - Morris Weitz (born 1916)
* February 20 - Ioannis Theodorakopoulos (born 1900)
* February 26 - Wilmon Henry Sheldon (born 1875)
* March 8 - Joseph Henry Woodger (born 1894)
* March 28 - Tadeusz Czeżowski (born 1889)
* June 16 - Julius Ebbinghaus (born 1885)
* July 27 - Paul Brunton (born 1898)
* August 5 - Jerzy Neyman (born 1894)
* September 2 - Knud Ejler Løgstrup (born 1905)
* September 8 - Nisargadatta Maharaj (born 1897)
* September 9 - Jacques Lacan (born 1901)
* September 23 - Notonagoro (born 1905)
* September 24 - Brahmarishi Hussain Sha (born 1905)
* September 29 - Ksenija Atanasijević
* October 3 - Tadeusz Kotarbiński (born 1886)
* October 7 - Huberto Rohden (born 1893)
* November 7 - Will Durant (born 1885)
* November 15 - Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei (born 1903)
* December 2 - Alexis Kagame (born 1912)
* December 12 - J. L. Mackie (born 1917)
* Acharya Rameshwar Jha
